Army Quotes

1821 Army quotes by 1119 unique authors

You may depend upon it, religion is, in its essence, the most gentlemanly thing in the world. It will alone gentilize, if unmixed with cant;… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
My point is that it's incorrect to say that the Iraq policy isn't working. It is working. It is doing what they want. They have… — Michael Parenti
Rule 1, on page 1 of the book of war, is: “Do not march on Moscow”. Various people have tried it, Napoleon and Hitler, and… — Bernard Law Montgomery
It has been said that one bad general is better than two good ones, and the saying is true if taken to mean no more… — Abraham Lincoln
There were 315,000 slave owners in the Union Army (with 200,000 in the Confederate Army) and the men who walked away from the Union Army… — John Coleman
Converting the war into an antislavery crusade was a brilliant move on Lincoln's part, and it resulted in a surge of voluntary recruits into the… — G. Edward Griffin
We made a great mistake in the beginning of our struggle, and I fear, in spite of all we can do, it will prove to… — Robert E. Lee
Sending armies to McClellan is like shoveling fleas across a barnyard, not half of them get there. — Abraham Lincoln
The whole army is burning with an insatiable desire to wreak violence upon South Carolina. I almost tremble for her fate. — William Tecumseh Sherman
Lee's army will be your objective point. Wherever Lee goes, there you will go also. — Ulysses S. Grant
My Dear McClellan, if you don't want to use the army I should like to borrow it for a while. Yours respectfully. — Abraham Lincoln
But if we leave them alone, just satisfying ourselves with social work, economic work and the building up of a national army, it can make… — Bulent Ecevit
The distant rear of an army engaged in battle is not the best place from which to judge correctly what is going on in front. — Ulysses S. Grant
The natural disposition of most people is to clothe a commander of a large army whom they do not know, with almost superhuman abilities. A… — Ulysses S. Grant
A military life had no charms for me, and I had not the faintest idea of staying in the army even if I should be… — Ulysses S. Grant
The only proper functions of a government are: the police, to protect you from criminals; the army, to protect you from foreign invaders; and the… — Ayn Rand
Looting is a natural response to the unnatural and inhuman society of commodity abundance. It instantly undermines the commodity as such, and it also exposes… — Guy Debord
The true Christian regards all Christ's friends as his friends, members of the same body, children of the same family, soldiers in the same army,… — J C Ryle
Our Lord has many weak children in his family, many dull pupils in his school, many raw soldiers in his army, many lame sheep in… — J C Ryle
History is never above the melee. It is not allowed to be neutral, but forced to enlist in every army. — Allan Nevins
I am going to give you such a weapon that the police and the army will not be able to stand against it. It is… — Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
I remember the first time I put on the Army uniform. I just felt like a totally different person - I felt proud. — Jessica Lynch
If I were to speak of war, it would not be to show you the glories of conquering armies but the mischief and misery they… — Clara Barton
If, like Harry Keogh, I could talk to the dead - God, there are an awful lot of people I would like to speak to!… — Brian Lumley
Now, when I was in the Army, writing was my hobby. — Brian Lumley

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